Broomfield resident Jody Smith approaches the finish line of the half-marathon during the Mountain Madness Steamboat Springs Running Series event Saturday.
Photo by Matt Stensland

Anyone who has spent any time in the Colorado high country has seen the damage done by mountain pine beetles — vast swaths of formerly green forested hills painted red, or gray, by dying and dead trees. Extensive logging was done in recent years to remove these dead trees from Steamboat Ski Area.
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Bulldozers are staged along a road at the Black Forest Fire.
courtesy/ Chuck Wisecup

There is concern that a devastating fire similar to the Black Forest Fire that started in June in Colorado Springs could happen in Routt County.
courtesy/ Chuck Wisecup

On Wednesday, firefighters with the North Routt Fire Protection District responded to a fire at a garage in the heavily wooded Willow Creek Pass Village subdivision. This time of year, firefighters always are concerned with structure fires turning into wildfires.
Photo by Matt Stensland